10th April 2006, 02:07 PM
From Troll:
To deal with those points in turn:
1. What "IFA advertising and crude marketing?" All posts by IFA officials on BAJR that I have seen appear to be honest attempts to answer questions raised by BAJR-ites or provide information of the sort requested. Troll has made no attempt to engage with any of the IFA's points, because it is easier to continue to rant without actually joining a constructive discussion.
2. Standards, IFA-member/RAO incompetence: Troll constantly makes these generalised attacks and allegations, but won't provide any evidence, either here, to the IFA directly, to Mr Hosty, or to county curators. I therefore place no credence on what he says. That doesn't mean that there aren't problems - I am well aware of them - just that I don't give credence to unsubstantiated allegations, no matter how often repeated.
3. "Silencing the critics" - so what have the IFA done to try and silence the critics? As far as I can see, the organisation itself and some individual members (like me) have tried to contribute to a constructive debate (unlike Troll). No one has tried to silence anyone - although at times I personally have asked Troll to "put up or shut up", just out of frustration.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Quote:quote:For all the IFA advertising and crude marketing seen on this site for some time now, the end result is still the same: the IFA in my opinion have had little or no positive/tangible impact upon the profession.
Standards are appalling, some IFA members are extraordinarily incompetent and RAOs can be little more than laughable badges of convenience.
The organisation itself seems more interested in "silencing the critics" than facing reality.
To deal with those points in turn:
1. What "IFA advertising and crude marketing?" All posts by IFA officials on BAJR that I have seen appear to be honest attempts to answer questions raised by BAJR-ites or provide information of the sort requested. Troll has made no attempt to engage with any of the IFA's points, because it is easier to continue to rant without actually joining a constructive discussion.
2. Standards, IFA-member/RAO incompetence: Troll constantly makes these generalised attacks and allegations, but won't provide any evidence, either here, to the IFA directly, to Mr Hosty, or to county curators. I therefore place no credence on what he says. That doesn't mean that there aren't problems - I am well aware of them - just that I don't give credence to unsubstantiated allegations, no matter how often repeated.
3. "Silencing the critics" - so what have the IFA done to try and silence the critics? As far as I can see, the organisation itself and some individual members (like me) have tried to contribute to a constructive debate (unlike Troll). No one has tried to silence anyone - although at times I personally have asked Troll to "put up or shut up", just out of frustration.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished